We should eventually do Hitchiker's Guide, 'cause everyone here has read it at least once. I like Vonnegut but I don't know what to suggest (Slaughterhouse Five is one of the reasons I don't eat meat.) I've never read it, but I want to read "Northern Lights" due to all the Christians telling me I shouldn't go see the Golden Compass because it's evil. I think it may be a kid's book though.

We could read Carl Sagan's Contact. I like the idea of reading a book that's been bastardized by a movie so Dune might work (like I said, I haven't read it). Most books would. Jurassic Park is a fun book, for example.

I'd like some more input, but I think something that is a little deeper would lead to much more interesting discussion, which is the whole point of a book club. Plus I would like the book to be something that either no one has read, or something that people wouldn't mind reading over again.

I would suggest:

1. Kurt Vonnegut (anything)2. "Burmese Days by George Orwell3. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Phillip K. Dick

and actually I'm leaning towards 3....here is a synopsis:

It is the story of Timothy Archer, an urbane Episcopal bishop haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress--and driven by them into a bizarre quest for the identity of Christ.

Please, give us more suggestions! I could narrow it down to five from previous suggestions, and any other future suggestions. Then we could vote on those last five via a poll in another thread. (Or anais.jude and I could play President and Vice President, and unilaterally decide the future of the book club. Basically I could put all the power in my Vice-President's hands, and I could be her cheerleader.) So, give me more suggestions and tuesday night we will vote on five that stand out amongst the rest.

I'd be OK with the Orwell or the Dick (more for the Orwell frankly as I've not read that one) but here are some other suggestions:

From Publishers WeeklyWikipediaGordon Comstock is a well-educated and reasonably intelligent young man possessed of a minor talent for writing. He has 'declared war' on what he sees as an overarching dependence on money by leaving a promising job as a copywriter for an advertising company called "New Albion" and taking a low-paying job instead, ostensibly so he can write poetry. The "war" (and the poetry), however, aren't going particularly well and, under the stress of his self-imposed exile from affluence, Gordon has become absurd, petty and deeply neurotic

Amazon.comIn his breathtaking and powerful novel that garnered nominations for both the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award, Madison Smartt Bell leaves the dark contemporary world he has so brilliantly made his own in nine previously acclaimed novels and short story collections, such as Save Me, Joe Louis. Now he turns to the past and brings viscerally to life the slave rebellion that would bring an end to the white rule of Haiti in the late eighteenth century.

WikipediaThe plot begins when Robert Forester, the central character of the book, moves to a small town in Pennsylvania to escape from his ex-wife and city life in New York. He takes solace in secretly watching a young woman in her house through the window in her kitchen.

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(Or anais.jude and I could play President and Vice President, and unilaterally decide the future of the book club. Basically I could put all the power in my Vice-President's hands, and I could be her cheerleader.)

BTA, as assistant regional manager (assistant to the regional manager) I think a vote would be best, but another possibility would be that we have everyone's name and one person picks the book for the month. That way we can all get a taste of different books. You, BTA, would be pick the first month, I would pick the second, dalty third (in order of who expressed interest)

(Or anais.jude and I could play President and Vice President, and unilaterally decide the future of the book club. Basically I could put all the power in my Vice-President's hands, and I could be her cheerleader.)

BTA, as assistant regional manager (assistant to the regional manager) I think a vote would be best, but another possibility would be that we have everyone's name and one person picks the book for the month. That way we can all get a taste of different books. You, BTA, would be pick the first month, I would pick the second, dalty third (in order of who expressed interest)

but def. a poll for the first month.

would you wear a cheerleader outift?

Ok then, we will have a poll for the first month's book. I will make a list of 5 books to choose from and post a link here: